Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office

Treasury: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) employees, (b) limb (b) workers, and (c) independent contractors, broken down by region.

14 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiotherapy machines currently used by the NHS are more than 10 years old.

14 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of unfilled vacancies for clinical oncology consultants in the NHS.

14 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the European Environment Agency's assessment entitled State of bathing water 2020, what assessment he has made of the reasons for which UK bathing water quality regul

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislation to (a) end the private monopoly in water and (b) bring water into public ownership.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to end the private monopoly in water through introducing consumer choice.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been employed by the Environment Agency to cover the North East of England, in each of the last five years.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beaches: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the number of blue flag award beaches on the North East coast of England.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to prohibit water companies from paying shareholder dividends until the number of combined sewer overflows incidents are reduced and bathing waters i

9 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Buses: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) the new filter used in the ventilation system of Reading Buses and (b) the potential merits of that system across the UK in preventing covid-19.

8 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessments she has made of the level of monitoring and reporting by the Health and Safety Executive of cases of (a) disease, (b) death, (c) dangerous occurrences and (b) workplace outbrea

8 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate has made of the number of positive covid-19 tests that have been recorded for staff in his Department who (a) would usually be based in 2 Marsham Street and (b) had

8 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homes England: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to instruct Homes England not to dismiss some or all of its staff and rehire them on different terms of pay.

8 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homes England: Industrial Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether employee representatives were (a) appointed or (b) elected in Homes England in accordance with section 188(1B)(b)(i) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidatio

6 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether an independent assessor has assessed his Department’s offices at (a) Birkenhead, (b) 2 Marsham Street, (c) Manchester, (d) Bristol, (e) Cambridge, (f) Exeter, (g) Hasting

6 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department’s staff working in 2 Marsham Street are advised to wear face coverings when (a) entering and (b) leaving the building by (i) the doors and (ii) capsules th

6 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: First Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department’s offices will have appropriate first aid cover each day of the week from 19 July 2021 onwards.

6 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: First Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to undertake a first aid needs assessment for each of its workplaces before 19 July 2021.

6 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: First Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department undertook a first aid at work needs assessment for any of its workplaces from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.

6 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: First Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of staff of his Department, excluding those working in its executive agencies, hold current certificates for (a) First Aid at Work and (b) Emergency

5 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Townhouse Consulting

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the (a) role, (b) length of contract and (c) value of contract was for work undertaken by Townhouse Consulting Ltd for Homes England.

30 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on external consultancy services in the last 12 months; and what those roles were.

30 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Local indicators of child poverty after housing costs, 2019-20, published by Loughborough University Centre for Research and Social Policy in May 2021, if she will commission a rep

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Bespoke Patterns

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the total pay withheld from people referred to Bespoke Patterns Ltd under the Kickstart scheme.

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Bespoke Patterns

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she taking to support people referred to Bespoke Patterns Ltd under the Kickstart scheme in response to that employer's failure to pay those workers.

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses participating in the Kickstart scheme have been investigated by her Department for failing to meet their obligations to participants.

28 Jun 2021 · Attorney General

Attorney General: Security

To ask the Attorney General, what private companies are contracted to provide security services at his Department’s buildings that contain Ministerial private offices; and whether there are closed circuit television cameras in any Ministerial private offi

28 Jun 2021 · Attorney General

Attorney General: Directors

To ask the Attorney General, when his Department’s current non-executive directors were appointed; what oversight officials of his Department had of the Ministerial appointments of those non-executive directors; and what assessment his Department made of

28 Jun 2021 · Attorney General

Attorney General: Directors

To ask the Attorney General, what declarations of interests have been made by his Department’s non-executive directors; and where those interests are published.

28 Jun 2021 · Attorney General

Attorney General: Directors

To ask the Attorney General, what financial payments his Department makes to its non-executive directors; how many times his departmental Board will meet in 2021-22; and what work the non-executive directors undertake.

Source: official written-questions record.